Category Archives: International Trade

    China Employee Death update. Every year there are in excess of 600,000 “work related” deaths in China but do you know that your company can still be liable for an employee death up to 48 hours after completion of work! In the awful event that an employee suffers a work related death, the […]

The EU and South America have stepped up their talks. EU trade agreements are now in demand with other trading blocks This is because of Donald Trump’s decision to remove the US from the trans-Pacific trade deal has stimulated leaders in the EU & the founding members of the South American trading block called Mercosur […]

Today you are paying very low prices for the cargo which you ship. However what is happening to cause these low prices may be coming to an end. So what is the cause of the low prices? The basic point is that you are paying very low prices to ship your products  because there are […]

Protect Food Sold to China. China’s Food imports are rising. So have you thought of the likelihood that the food products you sell in China could be tampered with or even copied? Food fraud is a very real threat in China. China’s food track record Food scandals are commonplace in China.  It has an awful […]

                      India’s decision not to renew an investment treaty with the Netherlands has sounded warning bells to the European Union that this will be the start of a process of India allowing many bilateral Investment protection deals with other European countries to expire. India has […]

                        The recent election of Donald Trump may have finally put the nail into the coffin of the current trade negotiations between the USA & the EU. However there were massive signals from the European side of difficulties which required drastic amendments which would […]

The Belgian state of Wallonia has reached agreement with the Belgian government and now looks likely that it will approve the Belgian governments sign off on the Canada EU Trade Agreement called CETA. The agreement which was due to be signed off at a summit on 27th October by the Prime Minister of Canada and […]

Hanjin is the world’s seventh-largest container shipper filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday 31/08/16.  It accounted for up to 8% of the trans Pacific volume for the US Market. This sudden news has left products travelling to and from Asia in total state of limbo. Hanjin’s ships were refused entry to ports whilst those docked at […]

Services are an increasingly important in the global economy and a central part of the economy of every EU country.  The EU is the world’s largest exporter of services with tens of millions of jobs throughout Europe in the services sector.  Opening up markets for services will mean more growth and jobs. The Trade in […]

                Changes to doing business with Iran On 16 January 2016 a report was sent to the United Nations Security Council which stated that Iran had taken a series of measures called for by the historic nuclear agreement between Iran, the United Nations Security Council permanent members and […]